code that not work on IE

[artev]

this code not work on IE; on firefox is all ok;
IE not allow to use array[i][0],
that, in one array simple, is the first word of every element
var my_select=document.getElementById("name_select");
var hidden_a= new Array("book","book","1","table","window");

var xxx=0;
for (var i = 0; i <hidden_a.length; i++)
{ my_select.options[xxx++]=new Option(hidden_a[i][0]);}

on firefox the result is:
b
b
1
t
w

[Evertjan.]

artev wrote on 17 sep 2006 in comp.lang.javascript:

this code not work on IE; on firefox is all ok;
IE not allow to use array[i][0],
that, in one array simple, is the first word of every element
var my_select=document.getElementById("name_select");
var hidden_a= new Array("book","book","1","table","window");

var xxx=0;
for (var i = 0; i <hidden_a.length; i++)
{ my_select.options[xxx++]=new Option(hidden_a[i][0]);}

<select id='name_select'>
</select>

<script type='text/javascript'>

var my_select=document.getElementById("name_select");
var hidden_a= ["book","book","1","table","window"];

for (var i = 0; i <hidden_a.length; i++) {
var opt = document.createElement('OPTION');
opt.value = i; // if you wish
opt.text = hidden_a[i].substr(0,1);
my_select.options.add(opt, i);
}

</script>

Read:
<http://www.quirksmode.org/js/options.html>

--
Evertjan.
The Netherlands.
(Please change the x'es to dots in my emailaddress)

[Evertjan.]

Evertjan. wrote on 17 sep 2006 in comp.lang.javascript:

artev wrote on 17 sep 2006 in comp.lang.javascript:

>this code not work on IE; on firefox is all ok;
IE not allow to use array[i][0],
that, in one array simple, is the first word of every element
var my_select=document.getElementById("name_select");
var hidden_a= new Array("book","book","1","table","window");

var xxx=0;
for (var i = 0; i <hidden_a.length; i++)
{ my_select.options[xxx++]=new Option(hidden_a[i][0]);}

<select id='name_select'>
</select>

<script type='text/javascript'>

var my_select=document.getElementById("name_select");
var hidden_a= ["book","book","1","table","window"];

for (var i = 0; i <hidden_a.length; i++) {
var opt = document.createElement('OPTION');
opt.value = i; // if you wish
opt.text = hidden_a[i].substr(0,1);
my_select.options.add(opt, i);
}

</script>

Read:
<http://www.quirksmode.org/js/options.html>

Your code also works in IE[6], when using:

.... = new Option(hidden_a[i].substr(0,1));

--
Evertjan.
The Netherlands.
(Please change the x'es to dots in my emailaddress)

[Richard Cornford]

artev wrote:

this code not work on IE; on firefox is all ok;
IE not allow to use array[i][0],
that, in one array simple, is the first word of every
element
var my_select=document.getElementById("name_select");
var hidden_a= new Array("book","book","1","table","window");

var xxx=0;
for (var i = 0; i <hidden_a.length; i++)
{ my_select.options[xxx++]=new Option(hidden_a[i][0]);}

on firefox the result is:
b
b
1
t
w

Being able to access the characters in a string by 'array index' with
square bracket notation is a JavaScritp(tm) extension to ECMAScritp that
is not featured in any other ECMA 262 3rd edition implementations. In
place of arayOfStrings[i][n] - use arrayOfStrings[i].charAt(n) -, as
that will work in all implementations.

Richard.